BLUSTEROUS Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

blusterous

adjective

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Adjective

On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands.

— John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Temperatures are expected to average near normal, but quick cold snaps, snow squalls, blustery winds and brief snowy periods are possible.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of blustery

Adjective

Olivia Wilde plays the swaggering multidisciplinary artist Erika Tracy, whose portfolio includes a pointillist vulva composed of chewed gum, an audio loop of her own orgasm, and an enormous, Claes Oldenburg-esque sculpture of a spiked fetish collar.

— Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
Unlike the swaggering Daemon, this wounded Aemond is vulnerable.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of swaggering

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Joe Jonas as Shane Gray Since his days as the cocky but lovable Shane Gray in Camp Rock, Joe Jonas has carved out a multifaceted career.

— Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026
He’s known for his cocky attitude, teaming up with fellow hero Blue Beetle and traveling with his robot companion Skeets.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of cocky

Adjective

Hoult’s Gilderoy Lockhart a notoriously vain, boastful and fame-obsessed wizard well versed in Memory Charms who is recruited by Dumbledore as Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
Defense witnesses pointed to boastful teens, fireworks-like flashes and uncertain ignition points, with an expert arguing that fireworks were the likely cause and that prosecutors lack proof that a lighter sparked the blaze.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of boastful

Adjective

In public, Newsom speaks often and openly about his errors, fortifying his image as a bumptious, slightly hapless victim of his own enthusiasms.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
The Star of India’s intensely curlicued provenance and bumptious post-sale 20th-century history is a Baedeker for all who might aspire to purchase the Pure Land, should it ever be formally or publicly offered for sale.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of bumptious

Adjective

Each of these decisions laid the groundwork for the war on Iran today, one that started without a clear strategy on the arrogant expectation of a quick victory.

— Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
The data center industry is only one face of an arrogant oligarchy that people believe now runs Congress, the courts, the White House, state legislatures and local governments.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrogant

Adjective

Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.

— Wayne Parker, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026

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